A Source Of Inspiration » reference http://www.asourceofinspiration.com Fresh ideas for interactive creativity Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:28:03 +0000 en hourly 1 Yellow pages are not dead http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/2008/03/31/yellow-pages-are-not-dead/ http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/2008/03/31/yellow-pages-are-not-dead/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:21:50 +0000 Armando Alves http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/2008/03/31/yellow-pages-are-not-dead/ At least in Portugal. They better not be, since Craigslist has just opened their portuguese version and Google is starting to take local search and location based services more seriously in Portugal.

Anyway, PAI (Portuguese Internet Yellow Pages) released a new set of features that are so web 2.0 that they even have round corners and gradients. Here’s what we can do now:

Ratings and Comments

Comments PAI
Now users can leave their ratings and comments, supposedly to improve the service quality. I wonder how long will it take until spammers and ruthless SEOs start flooding the system.

Maps

Maps PAI
Nice one. Not Google maps, but at least they know the local market, so a tailored experience might be enough to convince portuguese users. The service is provided by Local Matters.

Search Widget

Search PAI
You can take the search service and embed it in your site as a widget. Unlike Google custom search, no revenue is distributed to publishers.

Things are eating up, and after web 1.5, it seems that some portuguese services are entering the 2.0 bandgwagon. Better late than never. Someday we might even ditch Microsoft government agreements and choose reliable OSS solutions (I wish …).

Meanwhile, all minor efforts are welcome. Nice work, PAI and Truvo.

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